義大利

See also: 义大利

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (義大利)		義	大	利
simp. (义大利)		义	大	利

Etymology

Borrowed from English Italy. Attested as early as 1837, in the Eastern Western Monthly Magazine.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yìdàlì

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶ daai⁶ lei⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Ì-tāi-lī
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-da-li

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yìdàlì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yìdàlì
  - Wade–Giles: I⁴-ta⁴-li⁴
  - Yale: Yì-dà-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yihdahlih
  - Palladius: Идали (Idali)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    意大利
    義大利 / 义大利
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁶ daai⁶ lei⁶
  - Yale: yih daaih leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶ daai⁶ lei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶ dai⁶ léi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²² taːi̯²² lei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ì-tāi-lī
  - Tâi-lô: Ì-tāi-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ie'daixli
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ tai²²⁻²¹ li²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ tai³³⁻¹¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ tai³³⁻²¹ li³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-da-li
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 da li
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-da-li
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² da⁵⁵ li²¹/

Proper noun

義大利

(now chiefly Taiwan) Italy (a country in Southern Europe)
- 1837, “經書”, in Karl Gützlaff, editor, 東西洋考每月統紀傳 [Eastern Western Monthly Magazine], page 8:
  
  明朝之時，大英、法蘭西、義大利、阿理曼，各國之儒興，纂經書浩繁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  明朝之时，大英、法兰西、义大利、阿理曼，各国之儒兴，纂经书浩繁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Míngcháo zhī shí, Dàyīng, Fǎlánxī, Yìdàlì, Ālǐmàn, gèguó zhī rú xīng, zuǎn jīngshū hàofán. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

意 (yì) (Mainland China, Hong Kong, abbreviation)
意國 / 意国 (yìguó) (Mainland China, Hong Kong, short form)
意大利 (Yìdàlì) (Mainland China, Hong Kong)
意大利亞 / 意大利亚 (Yìdàlìyà) (historical)
意大里亞 (Yìdàlǐyà) (historical)
義 / 义 (yì) (Taiwan, abbreviation)
義國 / 义国 (yìguó) (Taiwan, short form)

Derived terms

義大利半島 / 义大利半岛 (Yìdàlì Bàndǎo)
義大利粉 / 义大利粉 (yìdàlìfěn)
義大利麵 / 义大利面 (yìdàlìmiàn)
義大利麵條 / 义大利面条 (yìdàlì miàntiáo)